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NEWS: Ghibli's Arrietty Is This Weekend's Best-Reviewed New Film




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Splitter



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:14 am Reply with quote
And Ghost Rider will make double, if not triple its box office.

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:31 am Reply with quote
Disney must be banking on the reputation of The Borrowers children's novel series if they have a 1500+ theater release count for The Secret World of Arrietty.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:44 am Reply with quote
Arrietty is looking at a $2m Friday which, given the Saturday boost for family films, will likely be a $6-7m weekend. It'll likely place at #6 or #7 for the weekend, which is pretty good for a Ghibli film.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:49 am Reply with quote
Zac wrote:
Arrietty is looking at a $2m Friday which, given the Saturday boost for family films, will likely be a $6-7m weekend. It'll likely place at #6 or #7 for the weekend, which is pretty good for a Ghibli film.


If such is the case, it's more than capable of earning more than Ponyo, the current highest grossing Ghibli film in the states with $15 million-plus.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:20 am Reply with quote
Ggultra: I'm guessing they're hoping the word of mouth will help it. Who knows? Next weekend's just got another Tyler Perry movie and Wanderlust as notable additions. But one guy in front of me really wanted to see Act of Valor, so that could be a surprise hit.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 3:45 am Reply with quote
This a long weekend with President's Day, plus many schools have winter break next week, so there'll be more opportunities for families to see it.


Splitter wrote:
And Ghost Rider will make double, if not triple its box office.

This country Rolling Eyes


In any country. Even Japan's top-grossers aren't necessarily the best acclaimed.

That still reminds me, is there a Japan version of Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic? We need more regular Japanese critiques like Siskel and Ebert. Laughing
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